30 PHYTOPHAGA. 
subsulcatis ; rufo-fulvis, plaga magna ovata, communi, a paullo infra basin ad longe pone medium extensa, 
nigra, ornatis ; pedibus anticis in utroque sexu inermibus. 
Long. 2? lin. . 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt); Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Face between the antenne with a longitudinal ridge, its lower half usually produced 
into a recurved horn, the apex of which is sometimes dilated and truncate. Antenne 
filiform, slightly thickened towards the apex, third joint nearly equal in length to the 
preceding two united. Thorax broader than long; sides nearly straight and parallel, 
usually slightly angulate in the middle, rounded and converging towards the apex; disc 
smooth, punctate on the sides. Elytra oblong, convex, the humeral callus laterally 
prominent, but not compressed as in C. distincta; surface regularly punctate-striate, 
the strize on the sides and at the apex sulcate. Anterior pair of legs simple. 
2. Cheirispa distincta. (Tab. II. fig. 9.) 
Anguste oblonga, convexa, subtus nigra, nitida, thorace piceo; supra picea; antennis nigris ; thorace levi, ad. 
latera sparse punctato; elytris oblongis, regulariter punctato-striatis, striis ad latera et ad apicem sulcatis, 
pallide piceis, plaga magna, male definita, a basi ad pone medium extensa, picea. 
Mas. Antennis basi approximatis, cornu faciali nullo; femoribus anticis subtus spina acuta armatis; tibiis 
curvatis, extus infra basin tuberculo parvo armatis, apice valde incrassatis, 
Fem. Femoribus anticis inermibus, tibiis ad apicem minus incrassatis. 
Var. A. Tibiis anticis pallide piceis. 
Var. B. Pallide piceo-fulva, antennis extrorsum nigris. 
Long. 24 lin. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba 800 to 1500 feet, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 6000 feet 
(Champion). 
Vertex and front impunctate, the latter impressed with a longitudinal groove; lower 
face unarmed. Antenne more than half the length of the body, filiform, very slightly 
thickened towards the apex; the third joint slender, equal in length to the pre- 
ceding two. Thorax broader than long; sides sinuate and parallel from the base to 
beyond the middle, thence rounded and converging to the apex; disc convex, smooth 
and shining, sparingly punctured on the sides. Elytra oblong, convex, slightly flattened 
along the anterior two thirds of the suture, humeral callus compressed laterally into a 
short ridge; surface regularly punctate-striate, the strice sulcate on the sides and at the 
apex ; interspaces (with the exception of those on the anterior portion of the inner disc). 
thickened and more or less costate. Anterior thighs in the male thickened, armed 
beneath with an acute spine. 
Both this and the preceding species agree closely in coloration with those characterized 
in the ‘Catalogue of Hispide.’ C. distincta differs, however, in the absence of the 
frontal horn, and C. dorsata in having the anterior pair of thighs unarmed, 
